Dominica is a beautiful place! Many people often confuse it with the DR, but in fact, it is its own Caribbean Island. Here I went on a trip into a village to learn about the traditions of the native people – there are only about 3,000 left on the island who uphold the same way of life. As people (i.e. Christopher Columbus) came in to try to enslave the island’s inhabitants, this island is the only place that native people survived. They knew how to hide and survive in the mountainous rain forest. We learned about their traditions, food, living situation, and how they co-exist within an otherwise “developed” country.
This picture is of a bay leaf - I had never never seen nor smelled an actual bay leaf in fresh form! It smells delicious.
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